Benjamin P. Thomas

Benjamin Platt Thomas (February 22, 1902 – November 29, 1956) was an American historian and biographer of Abraham Lincoln. In 1952 he published a best-selling one volume biography on Lincoln entitled ''Abraham Lincoln: A Biography'' (Knopf, 1952). Thomas killed himself on November 29, 1956. Three days before, his doctor had confirmed Thomas's suspicion, that since the preceding summer, he had throat cancer. Provided by Wikipedia